Cat And Dog Baubles And Custom Christmas Cards For Handmade Monday

Another busy week of mainly Christmas related crafting, i did take some time out for a bit of pumpkin carving for Halloween though, i'll pop a pic at the end of the post!

Funny Cat And Dogs Baubles

Those with a good memory may remember the cat and dog themed Christmas cards i designed last year (follow the link to my Print and Paper Etsy shop for a reminder, they're available this year too!)

I've used this one as inspiration for a couple of new bauble designs - carolling cats,

and carolling dogs.

They are hand painted with porcelain enamel paint and can be personalised with a name or short message on the reverse side.

They are available to buy now from my website and Etsy shop priced £12.95. I hope they make you smile :)

Custom Christmas Cards - For A Short Time Only!

The other thing i wanted to tell you about today is an opportunity to buy my Winter Wonderland cards printed with a personalised message of your choice.

You can either choose from the four snowflake designs,

and have your personalised message spelled out in letter tiles like this.

Or you can choose from one of the six snow scene designs and have your message printed on a central panel like this (the Free Spirit Designs watermark will not appear on the finished cards)

The photographs of the actual cards give a clearer idea of how the colours turn out - here are the six designs available. 

The price per card is £2.49 (50p more than the price of a card without personalisation).

This offer is time sensitive as any custom cards will be added to an order of printed cards being dispatched to me at the end of the week. Please let me know by Thursday the 6th of November if you would like to place an order for a custom card - if you visit my Print and Paper shop on Etsy you will find the listing.

There is a possibility of further orders before Christmas, it really depends on how popular this idea is!

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Before i sign off, i just know you're all keen to get a peek at my pumpkin carving ;)

Don't forget to pop over to Handmade Harbour to catch up on all the latest crafty news! x

Personalised Christmas For Handmade Monday

Did everyone remember to put their clocks back last night? Lovely as it was to have an extra hour in bed this morning its going to be a shock to the system when it gets dark so much earlier :/ it really makes it feel like 'proper winter' doesn't it, although we still have a few summer flowers blooming in the garden!

More Christmassy makes to show you this week, this time a focus on fun ways to create a personalised Christmas.

Ceramic Chalkboard Decorations

I'm a fan of chalkboards, i think they're really fun and i've been known to have a go at applying chalk board paint to just about everything over the years :)

It occurred to me this year that creating little ceramic chalk board decorations might be fun for Christmas,

and i'm really pleased with the results! All three have a red and white theme. The heart and star have a stripy boarder painted in porcelain enamel paint and are plain white on the reverse side.

They could be used as gift tags, tree decorations, table place settings - anywhere you want to add that personal touch. They'd also make fun stocking fillers i think.

The bauble has a gingham ribbon to match the others but no painted boarder providing a bit more surface area to decorate.

Sticks of regular chalk or chalk marker pens can be used on these decorations and they can easily be cleaned with a wipe from a damp cloth.

They are available now from the Free Spirit Designs website and Etsy shop priced £7.99 each. I look forward to hearing what you think!

Personalised Rustic Gift Tags

I've also included some personalised rustic name tags in my shops this year.

They feature gorgeous polka dot linen and can be personalised with a name of your choice, hand painted on a central hessian panel.

They're perfect for adding that personal touch to gifts and stockings and at £1.20 each they are affordable for most budgets.

They are also available now from the Free Spirit Designs website and Etsy shop.

Nordic Style Christmas Tree Ornaments

Last but not least i want to show you this pair of quirky, nordic style, free standing tree decorations. I know they don't really fit with today's theme of personalisation but they are one of a kind!

I made them with a patchwork of scraps from some of my red and white Winter Wonderland prints. As regular readers will know, i'm a big fan of this kind of random style patchwork, i think their is something very homely about it :)

The taller one is 25cms tall, and the shorter is £18cms. Each is finished with a star on top,

and a Free Spirit Designs label on the base.

They are stuffed with wool which i've packet less tightly towards the bottom to avoid a rounded base. They stand up quite happily and can be re-shaped with a bit of a squeeze if needs be.

I'm selling them as a set of two, priced £18, available now from the Free Spirit Designs website and Etsy shop.

That's all from me for another week! What have you been up to? I'm off to Handmade Harbour to find out :) thanks for dropping by! x